Intercontinen7al has always been less of a band and more of a science experiment that accidentally produced real songs. Their entire premise of “what if musicians from every continent tried to make something together without ever standing in the same room?” began as a lockdown hobby and somehow escalated into a four-year, globe-spanning collaboration involving 21 musicians, remote studios and even instrumentation tracked in Antarctica. And now, with their seventh and final release, the project signs off with a quietly luminous single: “Love Is Everywhere.”
Written and performed by Argentina’s Nereo Paulus, the track stands out immediately from the band’s usual progressive-rock/Latin/bossa-nova fusion chaos. Instead, it drifts into something far more classic; a gentle, Beatles-esque shimmer that feels like it could’ve fallen out of what I want to say is a mix of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club and Rubber Soul that landed neatly together. It’s not imitation, but inheritance: melodic optimism, lightly psychedelic edges, and a vocal warmth that feels like a hand on the shoulder rather than a grand performance.
“Love Is Everywhere” is deceptively simple. A soft, lilting acoustic foundation anchors the arrangement, letting the track breathe in a way that highlights Paulus’ voice and songwriting. There are subtle flourishes; shimmery backing lines to sweet harmonic touches that feel lovingly placed rather than layered for spectacle. The whole thing has that intimate, analog spirit the band has learned to embrace: the recording philosophy of capture the moment, don’t polish the life out of it. And here, it works beautifully.
What’s impressive is how well this track functions as Intercontinen7al’s final statement. After years of experimenting across genres from prog rock, hard rock, bossa nova, acoustic, Latin; the band could’ve ended on something big and brash. Instead, they choose something tender and melodic, almost understated. It feels like a goodbye written in sunlight rather than fireworks.
And context matters. This is a band that literally formed because of a pandemic, because of distance, because the world felt disconnected. Their entire identity is rooted in the idea that collaborative art not only can survive chaos—it can emerge from it stronger. So when a project like that releases a track called “Love Is Everywhere,” the message doesn’t feel naive or sentimental. It feels earned.
As a closing note for a global collective that somehow stitched together seven continents into one musical body, “Love Is Everywhere” lands exactly as it should—gentle, hopeful, and quietly profound. It’s less a final song and more a final handshake.
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